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KINGSTON — Principal of the Convent of Mercy Academy (Alpha Academy), Guyanese-born Mackran Singh, is to receive the National Honour of Order of Distinction in the Rank of Officer (OD) on National Heroes Day, October 17, for his contribution to education in Jamaica. “To be recognized in this way by this great nation is a very humbling experience. I feel...

KINGSTON — Construction work at the Steer Town High School, in St. Ann, is expected to be completed soon, with Cabinet’s approval of a $270.85 million contract to D.T. Brown Construction. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure at the post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. “The original contract was awarded to...

KINGSTON — Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby, says it is important to create second-chance learning opportunities for Jamaicans who have missed out on their first opportunity in the education system. "This is so because 70 per cent, or just about, of our first time job seekers do so without any certification. So...

KINGSTON — An initiative aimed at improving the literacy levels of Grade Three students in six primary schools across the island, through the introduction of music as a part of their curriculum, was launched today (September  28). Dubbed: ‘Music- Perfect Pitch for a Sound Education’, the initiative, which is a partnership between the Ministry of Education and First Global, will...

MONTEGO BAY — It is a proven fact that an educated nation will progress faster than one with a high level of illiteracy. At the micro level, the same applies for a region, a town or a district. With the introduction of numerous tertiary institutions in western Jamaica over the last five years, the latest being the University of Technology...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Agricultural Society’s (JAS) 'Eat Jamaican' campaign, designed to improve the lot of the more than 200,000 local farmers while easing the pressure on the country’s food import bill, will be targeting students between six and 18 years of age this year. The announcement was made at the launch of the JAS “Eat Jamaican” Essay Competition, at...

KINGSTON — Six university students, who have excelled in their field of study, have been recognised by the IGL Group with scholarships amounting to over $3 million for the academic year 2011/12. The scholars, medical students, Kaydeen Morris, Romar Bent, Latoya Gayle, Michell Hunter and Matthew Lyew and nursing student, Trace-Ann Gooden, were presented with the Razai Azard Rahaman Scholarship...

KINGSTON — The International University of the Caribbean (IUC) presented 20 more scholarships to persons from across the island on Friday September 16. The scholarships, valued at $16 million in all, fall under the 5-year-old university’s Tertiary Tracks Scholarship programme, which is geared at addressing the under-representation of males at the tertiary level. They will each cover a four-year period....

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, says there is need for proper education for all citizens, as the challenges facing  the society, such as  a lack of respect for law, order and uniformity, are not a police problem, but an education problem. He emphasised that the purpose of education is to inculcate compliance for order, rules and law, adding that...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of National Security presented gifts to the children of eight employees, who were successful in this year’s Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), at an awards function at the Ministry, New Kingston, on Thursday September 15. The brainchild of Acting Permanent Secretary, Dianne McIntosh, four boys and four girls, whose ages range between 11 and 13 years,...

MONTEGO BAY — Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, says  he is not satisfied with the number of persons in the labour force who are trained and certified in vocational areas. Using statistics from an October 2010 Statistical Institute collation, which showed that only nine per cent of the employed labour force has technical vocational training, the Education Minister said...

KINGSTON — Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, says several initiatives have been implemented to increase literacy at the Grade Four level, to prevent students from leaving primary school without mastering the subject. Addressing the recent official launch of the 2011/2012 school year at the St. Richards Primary School, in Kingston, the Minister said that one measure is the tracking of...